Colonial memories
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Colonial memories
（Cambridge library collection）
Cambridge University Press, c2013
- : paperback
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Smith, Elder , 1904
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1904, this book is the last of Lady Mary Anne Barker's memoirs of her life in several of Britain's colonies in the nineteenth century. Barker (1831-1911) was born in Jamaica and educated in England and France. In 1865, she moved to New Zealand with her second husband, Sir Frederick Broome, and spent three years living on a sheep station. She then lived in South Africa, Mauritius, Trinidad, and Western Australia following the various political appointments of her husband. During her travels she began her successful writing career and published several memoirs and housekeeping guides. In Colonial Memories, she recounts her life as a colonial wife, detailing her experiences in far-flung locales. The book also includes chapters on birds, interviews, General Charles Gordon (whom she met in Mauritius), and her servants. Several of the chapters were initially published as articles in London magazines.
Table of Contents
- A personal story
- 1. Old New Zealand
- 2. Old New Zealand - continued
- 3. Old New Zealand - continued
- 4. A modern New Zealand
- 5. Natal memories
- 6. 'Stella Clavisque Maris Indici'
- 7. General Charles Gordon
- 8. Western Australia
- 9. Western Australia - continued
- 10. The enrolled guard
- 11. Trinidad
- 12. Trinidad - continued
- 13. Rodrigues
- 14. Colonial servants
- 15. Interviews
- 16. A cooking memory
- 17. Bird notes
- 18. Humours of bird life
- 19. Girls - old and new.
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